Posted on 01/10/2016 7:27:48 PM PST by WhiskeyX
Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
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Donnell Clyde Cooley (December 17, 1910 - November 23, 1969), better known as Spade Cooley, was an American Western swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television personality. His career ended in 1961 when he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans.[1]
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He was Roy Rogers’ double in TV and film. Kicked his wife to death in front of their toddler daughter on the kitchen floor - spent the rest of his life in the alcoholic ward of a mental hospital.
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